Washington County Resources

BOOKS AND OTHER RESOURCES
 FOUND AT THE BANGOR PUBLIC LIBRARY ON

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
(in Bangor Room unless otherwise stated)

Directories

Eastport and Passamaquoddy: a collection of historical and biographical sketches / compiled by William Henry Kilby; Eastport, Me.: E. E. Shead & Co., 1888  974.14.E2.1 

General

  A genealogy of the Keene-Bridges families of Washington Co. Maine / Darrell E. Keene Jr.,3rd ed. [East Holden, Me.: D.E. Keene, Jr.], 1990.  929.2.K197g   

1910 census and historic sketch of Columbia Falls, county of Washington Maine / compiled & transcribed by Richard N. Bedard. Cherryfield, ME.: Narragaugus Printing Co., 1990.  974.14.C7.5 

Death notices from the Machias union / compiled by Clarence Day. [Machias, Me.? : C.A. Day, 1962-1965] Beginning 1875, notices not printed in the Union have been copied from the Machias republican. v.1, 1853-1873 -- v.2. 1874-1891.  974.14.M2.7 v.1-2 

  Early Pleasant River families of Washington County, Maine / by Leonard F. Tibbetts and Darryl B. Lamson. Camden, Me.: Picton Press ; Warrensburg, MO: Also from D. B. Lamson, c1997.   929.3741.T4324e 

Marriage returns of Washington County, Maine, prior to 1892 / edited by Alice MacDonald Long. Camden, Me. Picton Press, c1993.  929.3741.L85m 

  Downeast to Washington County Maine / compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett the doriman. [Freeport, Me.: P.E. Bennett, 1995]   974.14.19 

Storms, Roger C. A history of three corners. Lee, Me., Lee Academy, 1971. 974.102.S885h 

The sunrise route: a history of the railroads of Washington County, Maine / Michael C. Zimmerman. 1st ed. Brewer, Me.: Cay-Bel Publishing, 1985.   Stacks 385.Z65s 

Way down east in Maine; the story of a pioneer family as told by themselves / [edited] by John T. Greenan. Morristown, N. J.: Compton Press, c1958.   929.2.T667w c.2 

Marriage notices from the Machias union / compiled by Clarence Albert Day. [Machias, Me.?: C.A. Day, 1962-1965]   974.14.M2.8 v.1-2 

  The Vessels of way Down East: a listing of vessels built in the most easterly section of the State of Maine; the Passamaquoddy Customs District of Washington County / by Joyce E. Kinney. 1st ed., [Eastport, Me.: J.E. Kinney], c1989. (Bangor, Me. : Furbush-Roberts Prntg. Co.)   623.8.K623v 

Maps

  Atlas of Washington County, Maine; compiled, drawn, and published from official plans and actual surveys by George N. Colby & Co., assisted by H.E. Halfpenny [and others] Houlton, Maine, 1881.   912.7414.C672a 

The Old maps of Washington County, Maine in 1881. Fryeburg, Me.: Saco Valley Printing, c1990.   912.7414.O44o 

Microfilm

United States. Census Office. 11th census, 1890, Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War: Maine. [microform], Washington: National Archives, 1948   F973.7441.A3 part 1 and part 2

Also available are censuses on microfilm: 

State of Maine Census for 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1920 

The indexes for these censuses are located in the Microfilm Room for easy reference:

 United States. Census Office. 1st census, 1790 Title Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: Maine, Washington, Govt. Print Off., 1908   929.1741.U58

Maine 1800 territorial census index, Salt Lake City, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1979   929.3741.J137m 1800

Maine 1810 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1976   929.3741.J137m 1810

Maine 1820 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1976   929.3741.J137m 1820

Maine 1830 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1977   929.3741.J137m 1830

Maine 1840 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978   929.3741.J137m 1840

Maine 1850 census index Publisher Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, c1978 9  29.3741.J137m 1850

Bangor Newspaper Index Located at the Back of the Bangor Room: Index of names, places, businesses, schools, and death, birth or marriage records.  Articles  are referenced to the specific day and page of a newspaper. Please ask for assistance at the reference desk or in the Bangor Room.

Websites for Washington Genealogy Research

USGEN WEB for Washington County

Cemetery Records Online for Washington County

Atlas for Washington County 1895

Find A Grave for Washington County

Washington Historical Society

Census Information

S K Publications - To purchase 

USGEN WEB to view some census materials

State of Maine Resources

Other Counties:
Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, and York Counties.